Void is boring,
a dull throb.
It has no stories to tell.
And yet, from the gaping orient
of emptiness
arises every story imaginable,
a turning to peaks
and sea-changes galore.
It seems
void is the company
we are destined to keep,
an inheritance beyond the sealant of claim,
while stories become
our children and lovers,
the warmest ephemeral gains
to hold us, briefly, in tenderest thrall.
About John Biscello
Originally from Brooklyn, NY, novelist, poet, performer, playwright and filmmaker, John Biscello, has lived in the high-desert grunge-wonderland of Taos, New Mexico since 2001.
He is the author of six novels, Broken Land, a Brooklyn Tale, Raking the Dust, Nocturne Variations, No Man’s Brooklyn, The Last Furies, and No One Dreams in Color; a collection of stories, Freeze Tag, two poetry collections, Arclight and Moonglow on Mercy Street; and a fable, The Jackdaw and the Doll, illustrated by Izumi Yokoyama. He also adapted classic fables, which were paired with the vintage illustrations of artist, Paul Bransom, for the collection: Once Upon a Time, Classic Fables Reimagined. His plays have been staged and performed both nationally and internationally.
